K-State Research and Extension
Schedule: Subject To Minor Changes
 

2013 K-State Research and Extension Annual Conference

 

Tuesday, October 22

8:30 a.m. — Tentative Kansas Wheat Innovation Center Tour

9 a.m. — Registration opens, Second Floor Concourse

9 a.m.–5 p.m. — Laptop Pit Stop

10–11 a.m. — State Benefits Update

10–11 a.m. — Federal Benefits Update

10:30 –11:15 a.m. — Kansas Association of Extension 4-H Agents (KAE4-HA) Committees

11–11:45 a.m. — KAE4-HA Board

11:45 a.m. –1 p.m. — Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP) Business Meeting

Noon — Kansas Association of County Agricultural Agents (KACAA) Board

1–2 p.m.

  • KACAA Committees

  • KACAA Standing Committees

  • Kansas Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (KEAFCS) Officers

1–4 p.m. — KAE4-HA Business meeting

2–4 p.m.

  • KACAA Business Meeting

  • KEAFC S Business Meeting

4–5 p.m. — Kansas Extension Agents Association (KEAA) Meeting, includes Q&A with administrative team

4–6 p.m. — Blood pressure checks, Healthy You, Wellness in the Workplace

5–6:30 p.m. — Poster Session/Reception/ESP Silent Auction

6:30–8 p.m. — ESP Recognition

8 p.m. — Clover Night

 

Wednesday, October 23
 

7 a.m. — Women of K-State Breakfast

7:15 a.m.

  • Registration opens

  • ESP Board Meeting

8 a.m. – 5 p.m. — Laptop Pit Stop

8 a.m. — Opening Remarks, Maurice MacDonald, Conference Chair

8:05–8:30 a.m. — “University Update,” April Mason, K-State Provost and Senior Vice President

8:30–9:15a.m. — “2025 Planning and Other Topics,” John Floros, Director of K-State Research and Extension and Dean of the College of Agriculture

9:15–10 a.m. — Break

10 –10:45 a.m. — "Vision, Value, and Vocation," Bonnie Lynn Sherow, Associate Professor of History

10:45 –11:30 a.m. — Speaker TBD

11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. — Awards Luncheon, Ken Odde, Vice Chair, Emcee

1:15–2 p.m. — In-Depth or Hands-On Training

1:15–1:45 p.m. — Update Sessions

1:30–3 p.m. — Retiree activities

2–2:30 p.m. — Update Sessions

2–5:30 p.m. — Dairy Research Session, International Grains Program Conference Center

2:30–3:30  p.m. — Break with Call Hall Ice Cream, Communications Updates, One-on-One Sessions with Health and Wellness and Family Resource Management Teams

3–5 p.m. — Portraits, Dan Donnert

3:30–4:45 p.m. — In-Depth or Hands-On Training

3:30–4 p.m. — Update Sessions

4–4:45 p.m. — Update Sessions

6 p.m. — FCS Friendship Night

6 p.m. — Ag Smixer

 

Thursday, October 24

 

7:15 a.m. — Registration Opens

7:15–8:15 a.m. — Inspirational Breakfast, Speaker TBD

8 a.m.– Noon — Laptop Pit Stop

8:30–Noon — Program Focus Teams

  • Adult Development and Aging

  • Community Development

  • Crop Production

  • Family Development

  • Family Resource Management

  • Farm Management

  • Horticulture

  • Livestock Production

  • Natural Resources

  • Nutrition, Food Safety and Health

  • Youth Development

1–3 p.m. — Program Focus Teams, if needed

1:30 p.m.  — Tentative Kansas Wheat Innovation Center Tour

 

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